Journal profile · CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL
Natural Products Journal
ISSN 2210-3155 · eISSN 2210-3163 · Bentham
Natural Products Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 88 days to acceptance (46 articles, last 24 months); 65 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Natural Products Journal is published by Bentham and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medicinal Plant Research, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, together about 41.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.7%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine6.2%
- Phytochemical Studies and BioactivitiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.9%
- Bioactive natural compoundsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.2%
- Microbial Natural Products and BiosynthesisMedicine4.1%
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Medicinal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Medicinal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Q2 | 58/115 | 50th |
| Drug Discovery | Q4 | 126/161 | 22nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 103OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 982 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 73 | 2 | 341 |
| 2025 | 65 | 7 | 601 |
| 2024 | 122 | 7 | 591 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2 | 491 |
| 2022 | 68 | 2 | 428 |
| 2021 | 54 | 9 | 380 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
88 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 70 days – 110 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 263 days (46 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 370 days
- Sample
- 46 articles with submission and acceptance dates (237 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Bentham
- ISSN
- 2210-3155
- Electronic ISSN
- 2210-3163
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Natural Products Journal
What CAS zone is Natural Products Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Natural Products Journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Medicinal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Natural Products Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 46 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 88 days (interquartile range 70–110 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Natural Products Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Natural Products Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Natural Products Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Natural Products Journal is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .